Sitting, Waiting, Wishing
By
Nathan Caleb Camerer
Sitting in this smoke
filled room
The sound of my
inheritance
Disappearing one
nickel at a time
Clinking
Jangling
Jingling in my ear
Reminds me of another
time
Pretending to be a
tour guide
Out of town friends
with money to burn
You were home with
the kids
Dirty pictures and
texts
Bait
Enticing me to hurry
home
Back to your loving
arms
Sitting in this
parking lot
Waiting on another
dirty girl
Looking at the corner
of this deserted parking lot
So dark at night
Top down
Windows up
You, me and the moon
The only witnesses
Sitting in this truck
stop
Waiting on my road
trip companion
Wishing it was you
Thinking back to when
we planned this
A mythic journey of
epic proportions
The life changer
Life has already
changed
Sitting at this table
set for two
Drinking sake for two
Eating sushi for two
Telling myself we
were halfway there
Living on a prayer
Once upon a time
Not so long ago
Sitting on this beach
Waiting on another
dirty girl
Flashbacks of us
Hand in hand
Barefoot in the surf
Believing a deck of
cards could tell us our future
I’m just sitting here
Waiting on a girl
Wishing she would
notice me
I keep sitting
I keep waiting
I keep wishing
